Believe it or not, those dual Season 3 references to “DeVoe” as one of Barry Allen’s future foes were actually intentional. DC Comics fans recognized Abra-Kadabra and Savitar’s name-drops as a nod toward Clifford “The Thinker” DeVoe, and TVLine now confirms The Flash Season 4 is indeed casting its brainy big bad.

Much as Supergirl found its own Season 3 big bad, The Flash is apparently casting a “40something actor to play what one might call ‘the fastest mind alive.’” In the comics, Clifford DeVoe is just one of several villains to use the “Thinker” name, but is typically depicted as a failed lawyer with tech-enhanced mental acuity, telekinesis and mind-control. TVLine also speculates that DeVoe’s abilities might be adapted to fit The Flash’s particle accelerator origin, though The CW would not confirm any details.